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daugh

daugh noun: an obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising 400 Scottish acres.

Noun

daugh (plural daughs)

  1. (historical) An obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising 400 Scottish acres.
    Synonyms:
    davoch, davach, arachor

Synonyms of daugh

Forms of daugh

pluraldaughs

Origin of daugh

Scottish Gaelic dabhach (“vat, large unit of land”); the "land unit" sense may reflect substrate influence on Gaelic from Pictish.

Questions about daugh

What does daugh mean?
Daugh means an obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising 400 Scottish acres.
What part of speech is daugh?
Daugh is a noun.
What is the plural of daugh?
The plural of daugh is daughs.

Words near daugh in the dictionary

  1. dauers
  2. dauerschlaf
  3. Daugai
  4. Daugava
  5. Daugavpils
  6. daugh
  7. Daughdrill
  8. Daughdrills
  9. Daughenbaugh
  10. Daughenbaughs
  11. Daugherty

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